Actor Kriti Sanon recently received national award for best actress for her performance in 'Mimi' at Vigyan Bhawan, Delhi. In a fan interaction, she spoke about when she first received the phone call delivering her the news. She said, "I was in a meeting at home, when I started getting calls from a Delhi landline number. My agent picked the call and it was from the IMB Ministry, Anurag Thakur himself, who wanted to personally congratulate me half an hour before the announcement. I couldn't believe that this has happened, I was so overwhelmed. I ran down to tell my parents."
Kriti added, "Mimi was always special, as it had a lot of heart and soul to it, along with entertainment. When we started shooting, the scenes actually came out better than what was on paper, and that doesn't happen to every film. Scenes ke saath feel arahi thi ki kuch toh special hai, no matter what the result will be. Laxman (Mimi's director Laxman Utekar) sir used to call me mimi, which he still does. He always used to say, ‘Dekhna, aapko iske liye national award milega’. So actually when it happened, I called him and said, 'How did you know?' He had a lot of confidence because I am otherwise very critical of myself."
She also told everyone that she has a diary at home in which she keeps writing her dreams and goals. "That's the way manifestation works for me. In 2020, I wrote to win a national award, in that book. In 2021, I went back and wrote 'multiple,' and I don't know why I did that. Moreover, I want to leave a mark and represent India globally."
When a fan asked if she was looking for more "female-centric" films, Sanon said, "Ek toh dheere dheere yeh female-centric word hata dein, please. Ya toh fir jab Sooryavanshi aati hai toh usko male centric bhi bolo. I feel like slowly we should also make these changes."